Cigar-making machine



Jan. 26, 1932. J. HAARER CIGAR MAKING MACHINE Filed April 24, 1931 J Had/er,

to the requisite shape.

Patented Jan. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JULIUS HAAR-ER, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY CIGAR-MARIN G MACHINE Application filed April 24, 1931, Serial No.

The present invention relates to cigarmaking machines and is more particularly concerned with such machines in which the tobacco leaves are moulded under pressure In such cigar-making H'lflChlIlGS known heretofore, a measured quantity of tobacco is transported, by means of conveyor bands, to a mould corresponding to the desired shape of the cigar roll, pressed together in the said mould by a hammer havmg a striking surface which corresponds to the shape of the mould and is then ejected from the mould and conveyed by means of a reciprocating pusher member disposed under the said mould to an adjustable cavity the shape of which corresponds to the prevailing form of the roll. If the fragments of tobacco leaves are prevented, by reason of their size, from dropping uniformly from the conveyor belt into the mould, the tobacco leaves remaining on the belt are cut by means of a knife. The latter is set in such a manner that it functions correctly only if the tobacco has been arranged properly on the conveyor belt.

If, therefore, the machine is operated by a novice or an unskilled person it frequently happens that the tobacco is arranged on the belt in such a manner that the leaves are cut transversely instead of longitudinally of their length, and therefore does not form the roll correctly.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for splitting the tobacco leaves as desired and without the aid of the usual splitting knife.

According to this invention I provide a pivoted flap arranged at the end of the conveyor belt and disposed transversely to the direction of travel of the said tobacco, the said flap being actuated to interrupt at timed intervals the feed of the tobacco to the mould.

A. constructional embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 shows in part sectional side elevation a constructional form of the improved cigar-making machine and Fig. 2 is a corresponding view showing 532,581, and in Germany January 9, 1980.

the mechanism in tion.

The tobacco is fed continuously between the conveyor belts to a mould 9 below which the pusher member 8 is reciprocated to drive the moulded tobacco, after the latter has been pressed through the lower opening of the mould by the hammer h on to the conveyor belt m, along a further shaping channel. Mounted on a horizontal pivot member a behind the belts f 2 and disposed in the path of travel of the tobacco, is a flap b which is adapted to assume a horizontal position when the tobacco is travelling forward and when the hammer h is raised (Fig. 1).

lVhen the mould g has been filled by a sulficicnt quantity of tobacco and the hammer is about to descend in order to press the tobacco into the mould the flap b is caused to be set in the vertical or closed position by means of the rods 03, d which are operated from a driving mechanism to actuate the pivot member 66 (Fig. 2). The said flap b is disposed in front of the oncoming tobacco leaves which abut the flap and are thus split in the requisite manner without the use of a knife. The flap remains in the closed position until the hammer again ascends whereupon the former is returned to the horizontal position.

WVhat I claim is:

In a cigaranaking machine having a conveyor belt which transports the tobacco to a mould and a hammer to press the tobacco into the moul the provision of a pivoted flap arranged at the end of the conveyor belt and disposed transversely to the direction of travel of the said tobacco, the said flap being actuated to interrupt at timed intervals the feed of the tobacco to the mould.

'n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JULIUS HAARER.

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